We need to reach an understanding of etiquette for software and Web site design, the way we reached an understanding of etiquette for network interactions among users (netiquette ( Read more... )

Salesmanship is the only commodity the market values inherently. All else rests on salesmanship. A few things will sell without any sales effort, without any advertisement, without any effort: people will come looking for them. But most things require some notification, some effort to interest the consumer, or at least, some effort to get the ( Read more... )

I went out to my car on Friday to go to the store, and it wouldn't start. All I got were some clicking sounds. I figured the battery was dead, so I left it for today. This morning, I called AAA, and they sent out a guy with a couple of little boxes that he hooked to the battery. I turned the key, and it started right up. He asked when I'd ( Read more... )

Quoted: "If they want to ask me some impudent questions, I'll try to give them some impudent answers." --Harry S. Truman

Explanations: Reuters reported Monday that the Supreme Court rejected an appeal to overturn a decision by an appeals court that upheld as constitutional the national 'Do Not Call' registry. Telemarketers who call a number on ( Read more... )

Quoted: "Has the Church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the Church?" -- T. S. Eliot

Explanations: It's been a pretty quiet week. I spent most of the week reading web pages, writing entries, writing fiction, and reading stories aloud to my longsuffering friend. I appreciate her patience and her giving to me the opportunity to catch truly ( Read more... )

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I received a reply from McAfee(tm), and it included this rather obvious statement:
McAfee(tm) pop-ups serve as reminders to ensure that your subscription will not lapse.
Now, my problem is that it refused to turn off these popups, so I wrote back:
It would behoove your company to remember that access to the internet is not universal.and they ( Read more... )

I have decided to post the letter I mentioned earlier ( Read more... )

I had a very interesting phone call tonight. I was sitting on the couch after eating dinner, and the phone rang. It was the company that makes the fabulously touted machines in my December twelfth entryThe man on the phone did not know why I had not been contacted previously, but he was very sorry it had happened. I told him quite frankly that I ( Read more... )

I tried to update my website a few days ago, and I encountered a problem with the FTP server. Whenever my FTP client tried to retrieve a LIST of files in my directory, the server would timeout. I tried updating from the web interface, but when I tried to upload files, that would timeout ( Read more... )